Diablo III's Monk Loses Some Power in New Hotfix

Blizzard's first update for Diablo III weakens the Monk's "Boon of Protection" rune.

Blizzard announced on Battle.net that they would scale back the Monk's damage absorption by capping him "at the amount of healing provided by Mantra of Healing in the first three seconds after activation."

Battle.net Community Manager Bashiok told players on the forum they should wait to use the Monk's rune until it can be replaced in the future patch.

The Boon of Protection rune was approximately 10 times over its budget on the benefits it provided, and it was quite simply a mistake on our part to let the rune ship as it was. We don't intend to take these quick and drastic measures often, but considering the severity of the issue, we felt it important to correct it swiftly.

Blizzard also released a full list of hotfixes on the Battle.net site earlier today that include increases for the duration of the smoke screen for the Demon Hunter and a modification to the Wizard's "Cascade" skill rune that caps the number of generated missiles to 10 and only fires one missile per kill.